By Larry Ray Hafley Introduction A “tract, by the late J. H. Thurman… reprinted and distributed by the Alumni Association, Mid-Continent Baptist Bible College, Mayfield, Kentucky,” has been submitted for review and, if necessary, for refutation. The tract is entitled “TWENTY-FIVE REASONS Why The First Church Was Organized Before Pentecost.” Its author is deceased, but the …
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By William V. Beasley One of the more common mistakes in persuasion (intentional interpersonal influence) is assuming that people know much more than they actually know. This is known as the COIK (Clear Only If Known) fallacy. As persuaders (2 Cor. 5:11) we need to be careful lest we fall victim to this fallacy. Many of …
By Cecil Willis Nothing In a Name?? We are living in an age in which people think the name of an organization is unimportant. ,People seem to have been swept off their feet by the adage, “There’s nothing in a name!” Others prefer to quote Shakespeare attempting to prove the name of the church is unimportant, …
By Luther Blackmon Sometimes I have suspicioned that we call names out of spite and vindictiveness. Whoever does that advertises his littleness. But the person who says that we should never call names advertises his -ignorance of the true spirit of the New Testament writers. Of course, Luke could have said, “There were a couple in …
